Elderly woman critical after saree catches fire in temple

Keonjhar: In an unfortunate incident, an elderly woman suffered severe burn injuries after her clothes caught fire inside Ghatgaon Tarini Temple in Keonjhar on Sunday.

As per sources, the woman, identified as Sabitri Sahani from Chandikhole area had come to the sanctum sanctorum to offer prayers and seek blessings from Maa Tarini on the occasion of ‘Bada Ekadashi’.

However, due to rush inside the temple, while lighting the earthern lamp near the gate, her saree caught fire. Within seconds, the fire spread to the rest of her saree while she was trying to brush it off with her hands.

Soon, the temple administration and other devotees with the help of fire extinguisher doused the fire and rescued the woman.

The woman was rushed to Ghatgaon Community Health Centre (CHC) and later shifted to SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack after her condition deteriorated.